Washington, Oct 7 : Actress Salma Hayek has insisted that even though her husband is a billionaire, she still loves her financial independence.

The 45-year-old star, who is married to a French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, revealed that she does not rely on her hubby for money though she admits that she is happy to have him beside her at her time of “trouble”

London, May 23 : Actress Salma Hayek pats herself for being a good homemaker.

"I am a housewife. I cook every night for my husband. I am most definitely a housewife. And a good one, I must say," ContactMusic quoted her as saying.

The 44-year-old actress who is married to French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, was initially scared of moving to Paris.

"The first thing I panicked about was moving. I got scared. I said, 'I'm not moving to Paris to be a housewife'. And he said, 'Fine, we'll be different'. It's sort of exciting to have a different kind of marriage," she said.

New York, Mar 2 : Actress Salma Hayek is launching her own line of beauty and skin care products called ‘Nuance’.

The 44 year-old Mexican born beauty has confirmed ‘Nuance’, her line of glamorous goods with Mexico-based ingredients, will be hitting the chain drugstore CVS shelves next year, reports the New York Daily News.

Madrid, Feb 8 - Mexican actress Salma Hayek is the star of the new film by moviemaker and president of the Film Academy of Spain, Alex de la Iglesia.

Willy Toledo, Javier Gutierrez, Jose Mota, Juan Luis Galiardo and Santiago Segura complete the cast of "La Chispa de la Vida" (The Spark of Life) to be filmed in Madrid and Cartagena, publicists Dypcomunicacion said in a press release.

London, Jan 11: Salma Hayek is all set to bring the hit musical `Wicked' to the small screen in the form of a new mini series.

The massively popular Wizard Of Oz spin-off, based on Gregory Maguire''s 1995 book, `Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West', is in production all over the world, bringing in millions of pounds.

Washington, Dec 8: Salma Hayek has confessed that she entered the United States as an illegal immigrant.

The Mexican actress talks about her humble beginnings, her former undocumented immigrant status and her charity projects in an interview with V Magazine Spain, where she seductively poses for the cover titled `A Woman's Weapons'.

"I was an illegal immigrant in the United States," Fox News quoted Hayek as saying in the interview.

The "Grown Ups" star, who has a daughter named Valentina, said, "No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2½. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn’t believe. There's nothing I can say to make her believe in Santa Claus."

Hayek says she's concerned as she wants her daughter to believe in such characters.

The "Lonely Hearts" star says there are many delicious recipes in her native Mexico, reports thesun.co.uk.

"We eat bugs and we have many recipes for some of them. Escamoles, which are the eggs of these little ants, are amazing (when) fried with a little guacamole. And there are many different recipes for worms," said Hayek.

"I just learned how to use the computer last week. My husband's been begging me to learn to do it, it just makes life easier. I've been resistant to it but he tricked me," contactmusic. com quoted her as saying.

Hayek claims her now favourite 'Apple iPad' was not an easy task to learn.

London, May 15 - Hollywood actress Salma Hayek has abandoned her dream of space travel with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic team as she doesn't want to take any safety risks specially after becoming a mother.

"I love scuba diving and used to dive where the sharks were, and now no more sharks. Everything became about the baby. You are in second position, or third... My dream was to go into space. I reserved my place with the Virgin